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[Captivate Android Development] haojan:
I have the WiFi error with JK4 modem on Andromeda 3. I have to turn off the WiFi form the settings page and turn it back on. Worst case is when I have to reboot to fix my WiFi.

Would it be hardware related since it always works fine when starting from a boot?
[Captivate Android Development] Stephenv1971:
And you have no battery managers? ( Juice Defender... etc)

And you have no task killers? (ATK... etc)

And you are not using tasker to enable/disable wifi?
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
Giving Andromeda3 a shot...

I'll let you know my first impression.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I did not find that to be teh case. That was the first modem I used. But I will admit that I used it with a different kernel.

To validate, I will go back to the Ursa Minor kernel, along with the jk4 modem, and test. May be a day or two before I travel in and out to test. But I will report back.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Given other posts above indicating issues while using JK4, I will not do the test with JK4.

But I can say I have also tested with no task killers loaded.

But, the issue is known to be generally due to use with third party apps which toggle the WiFi. That is the case for me. I use Tasker. Tasker is an excellent app, with a good developer providing good support. He indicates he is using Android's APIs, and has no idea what can be done to fix it.

I know that the first couple months I used it I did not have this problem, but now can't get rid of it no matter what I do. I have a lot of apps installed, and am wondering if one of them could be contributing to the issue. However, it would be impossible to test through all those apps to identify which one may be doing it.
[Captivate Android Development] haojan:
- I have my Juice Defender turned off

- Have no task killers

- Tasker was used for other aspects and not for WiFi but even that has been off

I have been running my phone without limitations for a good few weeks now. While the Juice Defender and Tasker are still installed, I have them turned off to run my phone as-is.
[Captivate Android Development] DrifterX7:
When it happens to me, I've found running Cache Cleaner NG (old cleaning method) clears something out and allows me to turn wifi on again without having to reboot. I don't know what gets cleared, but based on this I don't think it's hardware related.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I wasn't intending to hijack this thread with a different topic. Only to inform that this problem is not fixed (nor caused) by Andromeda3. I had hopes it would.

If anyone interested in this would care to post at this thread. that would be great. I'm about to decide this problem is a bad API in Android, and don't have much hopes for a fix.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
There are no problems with the included JK4. It has been tested thoroughly. Use the JK4 modem. The WIFI Error was present in Andromeda 1.2/2.2, but Andromeda3 experiences no such problems. We have yet to confirm a single bug in Andromeda3.

The only issue we could reproduce since the release of Andromeda3 are a few duplicate ringtones.
[Captivate Android Development] Miami_Son:
I have had zero issues with wifi on A3 with JK4 modem and all versions of UM kernel. This has to be related to something else outside the ROM.
[Captivate Android Development] boborone:
I just remembered I asked that question earlier today and had to search to find it. That seems pretty cool. Gonna have to play around with it if I get some time. This weekend.
[Captivate Android Development] axis01:
I don't remember having a wifi problem with any of the Andromeda roms. I run a toggle with beautufil widgets too.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
AdamOutler...I hope my reply below is not taken to mean any disrespect. I highly respect your advice, and truly appreciate your quick and conscientious responses (as evidencied by my donation last week). So, please take no offense to this comment.

But, I'm not sure how you can say that JK4 will fix it when others are posting that it did not fix it, and as noted earlier, it did not for me either, although also as noted, when I used the JK4 I had done that on Andromeda3, but with a different kernel. So if it fixes it it must also require the Ursa Minor kernel.

FYI..I was atempting to be clear that I wsa NOT saying it was a bug in Andromeda3, but that I was hopeful that whatever the problem was that Andromeda3 would fix it, which so far it hasn't (neither has any other kernel I've tried).

All that being said. last night after the posts on this topic, I deleted some programs, including 2 WiFi related programs: WiFi Analyzer, and WiFi Keep Alive. Now I have not been in and out of the WiFi zone enough to get any confidence in this, but two trips so far have been successful getting WiFi hookup w/o the WiFi Error state. I'll post back how it goes.

If it again fails I will move to the JK4 modem and give it another test. Do you feel I would need to move to the Ursa Minor kernel when/if I do that test?

Speaking of which, are you aware or not if they are continuing effort on OC/UV?
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
I have experienced the wifi problem regularly on other ROMs including previous Andromeda builds. I'm not saying the JK4 fixed it. I'm saying that the defaults we have set in Andromeda3 fixed it. The JK4 works just fine. I have not yet experienced the problem a single time since upgrading to Andromeda3 and ditching all battery managers. I get better battery life, no problems on WiFi and faster connection with the JK4 modem then any other ROM and I'm not just selling my own work. I have yet to experience a problem with this ROM.

WiFi analyzer is a great program and I use it.

Upgrade to Andromeda3. Restore "Missing apps with data". Do not use battery or wifi managers.

ursa major's status is unknown to me at this time. You can see status here https://github.com/TeamKomin/Ursa-Major
[Captivate Android Development] timmytim:
I'm reading about this supposed wifi bug and I have to say that I have never seen an outright error with my wifi on this ROM, but I have noticed recently that I am getting poor wifi reception lately for some reason at home and at work.

I work in a hospital and we use Extreme Networks enterprise grade access points, and at home I am using one of our old models of Cisco Aironet access point and I am getting 1 bar, sometimes no bars on my wifi status icon. When I go into the wireless manager I get ~1mb for the link speed and signal strength says poor, sometimes fair.

In my office I am about 25 feet away from one access point and at home, well that one is self explanatory.

I use ATK but have no other battery or system managers. This has been a mystery to me as I am in the IT dept here so I have tried all the usual suspects. I have tried different modems, UM1 & UM2 kernels, and now I am on the SpeedMod kernel with JK4 and I don't seem to be getting any better (WiFi) signal strength.

Also, my battery life has seemed to be worse for no reason. I have not installed any new apps or widgets, and I have cleared Dalvik cache after each kernel / modem flash.

I AM NOT BLAMING THE ROM, I just think there is some variable that I am missing somewhere and would like to know if anyone is experiencing the same thing?

Thanks in advance.......
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Thanks. Except for your wifi managers (assuming WiFi Keep Alive is in that category) and changing kernel, that is exactly what I did.

Your information is encouraging, and if I continue to have problems, I may reinstall and go completely native to yoru retrogradations and see how it goes.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
A couple points: The wifi issue I am having is strictly based on using third party apps to toggle WiFi, such as Tasker.

Regarding other: Question-> are you using N WiFi? I have, and have seen several others note, that N on this phone is a bit problematic with keeping connections. ( I do notice improvment on some modems, but not complete 'fix' on any modem) Now, it may not be noticed if you don't have a method to watch the connectivity, as it may drop for only 2-3 seconds, but it toggles a lot. Mine will toggle 30-40 times during the night (I had Tasker write to a variable when it lost WiFi, and the variable value would be anywhere from 25-45 over one night). I don't see this problem on G. Now I have not been able to test on any N other than mine, and it could be my router, but I have seen others note the same issue.
[Captivate Android Development] Miami_Son:
I'm on an N network with no issues. My router is a D-Link DIR-615 and I use WPA encryption along with MAC address filtering.
[Captivate Android Development] JBLogic:
Just recently reflashed andromeda3 again after checking out some other ROMS.

Seems like im getting even better battery than before.

Phone was off the charger last night for 7 hours while i slept. Started at 42%.....7 hours later, still at 42%. Wifi was on as well.

1 day 2 hours 30 minutes unplugged and a good amount of web browsing/texts, still at 39 percent.
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
I get an occasional wifi error. When I get home from work I put on wifi and about everyother time it wont do anything. I go to settings and it says error on wifi. No big deal for me just kinda inconvenient. I turn it off from settings then on works fine. Could there be some issue with the auto join fxn of the internet? Never had issue via manual turn on or with a new network.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
I want statistical, standardized data on this wifi error which a few of you guys are experiencing. We will use ShareMyApps since it is featured in the market today.

1. use the following link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mattlary.shareMyApps&feature=featured-apps

2. click install

3. Once you've created the list, post it here or PM me with it if you feel more comfortable doing that.

4. install this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.DTN.SpiderSquish

Ok, for real, step 4 is bogus....

Please get me the information from ShareMyApps so I can get information about what you are running which may be causing this wifi error.
[Captivate Android Development] driftology:
after flashing this kernel when i plug my phone in mass storage. it connects as read only. did i miss something in the setup? even when i reboot to clockwork and mount SD its still read only.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
That is not related to the kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
That certainly may be. I did talk to a couple in the past who thought the same thing until they did a test where they could catch very short disconnects. But I have no idea what router they were using.

I need to get to a different N network to test. Mine is a TPLink WR1043ND. My PCs seem to work great on it...but I have no method installed to watch for short disconnects.
[Captivate Android Development] driftology:
should i reflash both the kernal and rom? should that solve the problem. it wasnt an issure with apex or serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I never have problems manually either. You say you never have issue via manual turn on...what program is attemptingi to turn it on when you get the error? And, are you on JK4, and Ursa Minor?
[Captivate Android Development] boborone:
Would it be a rom issue if after having the phone on for a while mobileap gets error after error when starting? I have to reboot to get it to work sometimes. I'll get a log app if you like to show, but hasn't been that big of a deal. Phone seems to run better anyways after reboot.
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
I am on ursa minor and jk4. Its not a program that is attempting to turn it on. Sometimes the wifi is on, but Im not around my home internet (doesn't have anything to connect to) When I get home I notice the system doesn't automatically connect. I look in settings and it says error. Turn off, then on, connects fine.

edit: to clarify... it is the android system that is attempting to connect because wifi is turned on. seems like a system issue to me rather than a rom. i have had this issue since the beginning (July of 10). gone through 4 cappy phones and had the issue on all that i can remember. it was just never that big of deal to me. annoying yes, deal breaker no.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
OK. First I've heard of it not being related to the fact a third party is trying to toggle it. I too don't think it is a ROM issue.

I have uninstalled my litany of programs, and have travedled out and back 3 times so far with success. I have typically been having it fail within 3-4 WiFi toggles. After another trip, I'm going to install all my most needed apps and continue testing that way.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Interesting happening. I had reloaded Andromeda3, and installed small subset of apps now (testing the WiFi issue thing). Not plugged into charger. Been in and out of house about 6 times and WiFi working so far.

But...just grabbed phone off desk, again not on charger, and it was dead. I presume SD. I had not been having that issue. What's strange is I think everyone has had it based on charging. Maybe I'm wrong about that. As I had not been having this, I haven't followed that real closely.

Just rebooted, and the battery is at 97%.
[Captivate Android Development] Miami_Son:
None of my random shutdowns on my previous 2 phones were while on the charger.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
OH. Ok. Maybe it is 2 different issues. Good news is it hasn't happened again.

Update on the WiFi Testing

AdamOutler...let me know if you want me to stop posting on this topic here. As there was some interest, and you indicated you may look into it, I am posting for now.

Lastest update is: I have now installed several apps, not anywhere near all that list I posted earlier here, but so far the WiFi is not getting the error status. I plan to continue to add a few a day until it happens again, or I get them all installed and working successfully.

By the way, with very few installed on teh first go, the idle battery life was phenominal. Over night last night, on idle, with WiFi on; Bluetooth on; GPS on; it used .82% per hour (yes, less than 1%). I'll be continuing that test too as I add more apps.
[Captivate Android Development] klloyd:
I have the same wifi issues, only started when I flashed over the continuum 4 themed. Never before. I use the drop down menu and the standard power control widget. Might give u a place to look.
[Captivate Android Development] axis01:
Did you install system data along with the apps data, with Tibu?
[Captivate Android Development] klloyd:
I went straight from this theme to continuum 4, did like it, came straight back, all with clockwork. Did not do the whole flash to stock and back thing. Went from rom to rom and back. That's when my problem started. Hadn't complained cause I knew I did it.
[Captivate Android Development] shadvich:
Wow, finally found the right rom for my phone. Flashed it, did a full charge cycle and my battery life is great. A full day of moderate use, still only at 65 percent.

Two things I'd like - call recording and battery percentage mod - but I can probably just flash something. Nice rom, still.
[Captivate Android Development] M973:
This page has some battery mods for Andromeda (in case you didn't already find it)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1006736&highlight=andromeda+battery
[Captivate Android Development] 41LY45:
Also on the olde Andromeda themes and wallpaper page. The old one's for Andromeda 1.X seem to work just fine. :D
[Captivate Android Development] killer_raj:
sounds like a nice rom...

but right now i m using APEX..and i love the cal recording feature..

i will wait for call recording in this rom..then i will flash...
[Captivate Android Development] Madtowndave:
So will i9000 source drop of 2.3.3 have much benefit for Andromeda, or is this news going to represent a new dev project for Team Komin??

:-)

i897 running Andromeda 3
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
Andromeda is based on GT-I9010. We will wait for 9010 source.
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
As it should be. I9010 source has proven to be very reliable.
[Captivate Android Development] Madtowndave:
Cool, wasn't sure if anything fun could be pulled out...I didn't realize that 9010 source hadn't been released yet, or perhaps you referring to the 2nd GA firmware source...

i897 running Andromeda 3
[Captivate Android Development] supergear:
Excellent rom everything works great. Battery life is good and GPS works great
[Captivate Android Development] silentheero:
Battery mods, yes. Just don't try to install the old 1.x themes! :o Glad I had a backup of Tek Galaxy on there
[Captivate Android Development] Exostenza:
One thing I would like to see in the next release is the modded lock screens that Darky has. They each have a little bit more information on them and they are awesome. I am sure it would be nothing to include that.

The ROM has been working perfectly since I flashed it on release, but just the other day I was on the phone with my gf and it started to buzz like something was FCing and it cut me off from the call and went to the booting screen for a few seconds and then reloaded everything. Only happened once though. Today I tried to unlock it while charging and it was completely insensitive to any touching of the screen. I had to pull the battery and when it rebooted all my setings for launcher pro plus were destroyed and I had reunlock it and put back all my setting.

Maybe it all had to do with LPP I don't know. Everything seems fine now.

Also call recording would be a great feature and some themes would be nice.

Again thanks for the near perfect ROM guys.
[Captivate Android Development] artisticcheese:
Can somebody verify if this ROM lists Russian as input language on Swype

Hello,

If somebody already have this ROM installed, can you please check in Swype settings if Russian is listed there.

Thanks,

G
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
No Russian. Just checked
[Captivate Android Development] M973:
Not certain if I'm checking the right places, but in settings, swype settings, select language, no Russian listed (just English, French, Italian, Spanish, Deutsch, and what must be Korean?)
[Captivate Android Development] Exostenza:
Ok I seem to have found a problem with Andromeda3. I cannot send pictures over sms where with Darky 9.4 it worked just fine. Everything else has been completely perfect, but when I try to send a picture it just says sending forever. One thing interesting to note is that if I try and send it with wifi the 3g pops back up beside the wifi symbol. I have tried with handcent and the default messaging program and neither will send.

Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] 10tonhammr:
[THEMES] Dark Fire

Dark Fire and Dark Fire Blue themes are now available for Andromeda3. Check them out here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12807166#post12807166
[Captivate Android Development] OBatRFan:
That's crazy. It almost seems like your battery meter might be off. Can you check your actual battery level through SGS Tools?
[Captivate Android Development] 41LY45:
Yeah, having the same problem as well here.

Checked my APN settings, have it all correct.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
When my wife had this problem it was because she had data network turned off in the power menu... when you press and hold the power button.:)
[Captivate Android Development] 1tontomato:
Yea more themes

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
I am not having any SMS problems. That function has worked fine form me since day one. I would suggest as adam said, check your settings.
[Captivate Android Development] 41LY45:
:triplefacepalm:

Goddamn Juicedefender. :o:o
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
No need for any battery savers on andromeda. They only hurt performance with Apps performing retries.

Im mobile right now... ill add those tonight.
[Captivate Android Development] 41LY45:
Will test it out w/o JuiceDefender. Thanks for the tip. :D
[Captivate Android Development] Exostenza:
My data network is enabled. I tried disabling it then enabling nit and no dice. Maybe my APN is messed? Anyone has the settings for Rogers?

EDIT: I threw this in there and now my internet is faster and it sends pictures! You guys need a bigger list of APNs in your ROM imo.

Name: Rogers

APN: rogers-core-appl1.apn

MMSC: http://mms.gprs.rogers.com

MMS Proxy: 10.128.1.69

MMS Port: 80

MCC: 302

MNC: 720
[Captivate Android Development] TomMelee:
Everyday crash

I've got a 100% reproducible crash:

I use the Google Desk Clock as my overnight clock/alarm clock, as I love how it turns green while charging overnight and lets me charge while getting functionality. However, in the mornings when I UNPLUG the phone, as soon as it shuts itself off, it goes off for real. I have to do the volume up + power to reboot trick, and then it's fine.

No idea if this is a desk clock issue (probably) or a a rom issue or what, but it's not a game ender for me. Loving Andromeda so far, coming most recently from Firefly and before that from Serendipity.
[Captivate Android Development] agentfusion:
Sweet jesus. Can we possibly get the Desk Home app? That's a pretty silly omission, imo, since the captivate doesn't work correctly in Samsung/OEM docks without it.

When even the Stock AT&T rom has it, you're slacking.

:P
[Captivate Android Development] boborone:
I've been having esteem instability in launcher pro lately. May be that.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
^^I've had no such issues using the default TouchWiz3. You may wish to notify the developer of Launcher Pro.

Can you give me some more information here? What do you have running at night? TB? Alarm? Notifications? Do you set the alarm in desk clock? I tried out desk clock just now and it did not crash when I unpluged it.

Being that you're the first person to say that since the release of Andromeda3, it's likely that most people think of it as bloatware.

If you'd like, I took all the apps from a stock AT&T Captivated, Deodexed them for easy manipulation and put them in the zip file in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1001356

You can download the zip from that post above. You'll want to find the /system/app/DeskClock.apk and transfer it to your phone using the methods I outlined in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030107
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
Amen! I agree 100%.
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
whoa....way too many steps there for one APK

1. get root explorer or equivalent and just drop the file in /system/app/

or

2. boot into recovery, and use adb to transfer file

adb push nameofapk.apk /system/app/

adb reboot
[Captivate Android Development] TomMelee:
I personally thing the desk clock is about 200x better than the normal clock, but that's just me. Serendipity is the only ROM I've found that includes it, and there's probably a reason for that.

Anyway---oddly enough, this AM it didn't do it right away, but it did later.

Apparently what's happening is that the screen is blacking out but the phone is staying on. I don't get an alarm sound or a vibration to indicate an FC, but I'm also not waiting 5 minutes before I reboot. Today when it did it it was about an hour after coming off the charger.

The only thing left running at night is the desk clock, I assume TB means titanium---I don't have a scheduled backup set for it. Yes the alarm is set, yes it goes off.

It's probably only reproducible for me, I'm not too worried about it.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
Pirateghost, do you know of a free root explorer?
[Captivate Android Development] Time_Zone:
Best 4 bucks I ever spent
[Captivate Android Development] creepyncrawly:
The Super Manager suite of tools by Gpc includes a root file explorer. The free version of Super Manager is fully functional and fairly comprehensive.
[Captivate Android Development] 1tontomato:
I'd gladly pay for it again. It just works.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897